Old Otaku Ramblings - June '05 to Dec. '05

December 21, 2005 Merry Christmas everyone!! Happy New Year! I hope everyone is having a bunch of great holidays right now and that you haven't been mowed down by the crazy shopper (or you haven't been a crazy shopper!! Heh heh). It's been absolutely nuts these last few weeks. I really have to apologize for not getting up any new updates lately. Basically, if you've been visiting my deviantART account (MillyT), or my Cosplay.com account (also MillyT) then you'll see I've been doing various artwork and working on my TriMax Milly costume! I've also been working on a story with Susan-chan (access it here: Dark Convergence) which no one seems to be reading - so please please go read it and tell us what you think!! I wanted to post it here but we wanted to get comments back and posting it there was the easiest way. ^_^ Don't worry, I haven't forgotten the translations for Ch. 80! >_<; I've just been very busy working in retail during the holidays, plus preparations for Ohayocon '06 (hint hint, please come!!) and then I'll be switching jobs immediately afterwards and going full time again - yay! Heh... Good for money, not so good for website... >_<; On the plus side, things will settle down, at least I'm pretty sure!! In the meantime, I did get a few drawings up on this site for the holidays - and lemme think, what else? Check out Mikke's dA account: Vash2005. Hmmm... What else? Urr... Sorry I haven't gotten scans up these months, I'm patiently waiting for more Vash!! *GRINS* That's another reason why translations are going slowly... Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you all get tons of cool anime goodies and don't forget to save me some donuts... ur... chocolate? Cookies? *GRINS* Pudding! Whee!!!

December 10, 2005 Hello everyone! Sorry about the hiatus for the week - I've been just swamped at work and haven't had much time to do anything - this weekend isn't going to be much better. However, to tide you all over until I manage to have more time for translating - I've just received some new fan art!! Sorry I haven't mentioned ya before Mikke!! We've got four very interesting realistic sketches of Vash and Wolfwood, plus a VERY awesome new addition I put up today of Trigun Maximum Vash - and his coat is just out of this world!! ^_^ Check it out! PLUS, also in the Guest Art Gallery, Kuronekosan has given me a brand new piece she did in Illustrator from an old sketch she did that was from Trigun #1, Pg. 224 - you've gotta see these things! I'm totally amazed by all of the talented people that have been submitting artwork to my site lately - they just blow me away! Running every gambot from real paintings, Illustrator, pencil sketches and comics! I hope everyone has a chance to see them, you won't be disappointed (plus they're on the sister site so no ads and no down-time! So you can access them any time! ^_~) I hope you all have a very good week - I'll try my best to get more translations up soon! Oh! Plus I've got a new CGI Manga scan from Puchiko2! Thank you SO much!! XD It's Livio! I loves Livio - he's soooo awesome!! Ooops... Naruto's on - gotta jet!

December 4, 2005 Howdy everyone! I'm back! And I come bearing Christmas gifts! AKA - YKO translations and updates for January!! ^_^ Thank you Flipster-kun! He's been getting me the chapters only a few days after they come out in Japan (thanks to his friend there... I apologize, I can't remember his name at the moment though!) I started doing some translations here on the computer but because of eyestrain and backstrain - I can't sit here very long doing it - heh heh I feel like an old fogey! ^_~ Anyway, sorry I haven't been putting scans up, I'm sorta promoting Maximum 7 still so they'll be catching up soon enough and you'll have an opportunity to snag them there.... Of course, if anyone really NEEDS to see Livio and Elendira - drop me a line like usual and I'll send you some scans. ^_^       Meanwhile, hopefully I'll get more translations soon - but Razlo and Livio are working together! (try that when you're the same person! O_o) But no news about Vash and Legato... Although there's a hint on the last page over to the side asking about Vash - so I have a feeling we'll be getting back to him in Feb's issue. And in the meantime - be sure you attend Ohayocon! Hee hee - many of the people who visit this site, do artwork and scans will be there and there'll be quite a few of us dressed in Trigun cosplay! ^_^ (okay Meesh-chan, that's plug number 2! ^_~)       Last little information - check out Susan-chan's gallery! She just did a special Christmas picture - yay! It's really cool, Knives, Vash and Rem! ^_^ I'll be accepting more Christmas-related Trigun artwork for the holiday (or whatever other holiday you celebrate) - they'll all be in a short-time art gallery that will stay up through the new year - so please send me your artwork soon! ^_^ Until I hear from you - or I get more translations up - I'll see you all again soon!

November 27, 2005 Howdy everyone! I'm hoping to get all of my updates done here - this is what I'm hoping you'll find here tonight: Meesh-chan has submitted a really super cute Vash & Wolfwood comic to the GuestArt section. Yay!! It's so cute - read right to left (manga-style). There are a few more that will be going up in there... I don't have the aliases for them yet however so I'm waiting on email permissions, etc. But if there's something new up there - you'll see it on the Guest Art page! ^_~       In other news - as you'll notice from this little ad on the side here - Meesh-chan and I are going to be hosting two panels at Ohayocon 2006! Each will have a quiz, prizes, test your Trigun knowledge (and no, some of it you won't find on this site!) one will be strictly Trigun Maximum, the other on Yasuhiro Nightow - from his earliest doujinshi work to the latest rumors that have been passing around about newer projects that may come to pass after TriMax! ^_~ Come one, come all, tell your friends - we hope to see you there!

November 24, 2005 Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! (Even to those of you who don't celebrate it!) I have a quick update today - YKO translation for December is complete! From now on when I complete a month it will go from "NEW" on the front page to "TC" standing for Translation Complete! That way at a glance you can see if the latest chapter is just starting translations or finished. The TC/NEW will go down when the next month's chapter is in stores - but not necessarily up on my page yet. ^_^ I like to keep things easy for you all! Don't have to waste time plowing through pages if you don't want to. *smiles* I do apologize for the translation taking so long, I was stuck on two pages, and even now I'm so-so about them. The wording is very difficult, Nightow-sensei threw me for a loop this last month! Hopefully next month's is easier!! ^_^ I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday - see you again soon!

November 22, 2005 Howdy everyone! Update time!! I was supposed to have taken this afternoon to work on "Dark Convergence"... only ended up updating my site instead - is that okay with everyone? *GRINS* To those of you who haven't checked out DC (hence known by this title from now on), please stop by: Fanfiction.net/~MillyThompson and start reading! Soon I'll be posting links to it on the main page but for now just head on over there - it's all about the origins of Dark Vash, and I know a lot of you really loved Dark Vash in B&G - so check it out, Susan and I have been working our butts off on this story since May!! It was edited by Catherine-chan and a few sections were specially added by AineofKnockaine - so it's really a joint venture from a lot of people! ^_~       Next update - and NO, before you think Susan's splitting off on her own, everything's still going to be posted on this site - I've just finally created a home page for her on one of my "sister homepages" that's been sitting empty and BLAH for years now. B&G has been dying for it's own webpage, and what with DC being our newest story, I'm making room for direct links to chapters - very soon! So watch for it, one day you'll have to go to Susan's homepage to access B&G - no worries, it won't be taken down for any reason I promise! Also - it's kinda an early Christmas present to Susan from yours truly. ^_^       In other news... (I always wanted to say that, and I do quite often) I've posted new fanart from Jenette (aka Kuronekosan on deviantArt) so please check out her beautiful desktop of Vash the Stampede! What else? New fanart for "Forever Mine" from Susan-chan... Hmmmm - oh and if you haven't noticed, most of MY new artwork has been going up on deviantArt as well - sorry it hasn't been going up here, it's soooo much easier to put it up there! I know, load time is a bit slower - but just refresh a few times and it'll come - I promise! I'll try to put any finished really NICE CGI art up on my page still.       Lastly... Okay - so Trigun Maximum #7 is out somewhere - people in other countries seem to be getting it faster than I am however... (sob) And the new Trigun Special Edition Box set DVDs are supposed to be out soon - but I haven't recieved a notice on shipping yet... And let's see - sorry, I'm still not finished translating the new chapter - but it's funny... no one seems to be bothered by it! XP - I'll see what I can do on Thanksgiving... OH YEAH!! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

November 18, 2005 I've gotten a few more translations up today - I still have two pages I just don't like what I have, they don't make sense... *sigh* If ANYONE knows a translator who would be willing to help me out (and isn't incredibly busy!) could you please help me get in touch with them? I'd really like to have more accurate translations for everyone! ^_^ Anyway, in other news - there's also a new story by IRS - yay!! Last Chapter of the Pizza Slice Trilogy in the B&G extras! Susan-chan and I REALLY enjoyed this chapter (hence we've been keeping it to ourselves for awhile! Heh heh) and IRS has really captured the essense of Knives in this little fan epilogue! Please read it!       For those of you who have already heard about it, Susan-chan and I have been working on a little story about Dark Vash - called Dark Convergence, it's in the final stages to starting to go up on FF.net now, the first chapter will go up the wseek of Thanksgiving. So if you enjoy Susan-chan's work,chapter enjoy a little bit of darkness with a hint of the sugary insurance girls - heck, action, comedy, love triangles... *bwahaha* - I'll be posting a direct link to it on this site coming very soon - so keep your eyes peeled!! ^_^ You won't be disappointed!

November 15, 2005 I'm back from Youmacon 2005 in Troy, MI and I have just a TON of stuff to show everyone! Unfortunately I'm also working darn near all week and funny times too... So I'm going to see what I can't get up first to show everyone - I know you're all just dying to hear about it (heh heh, I say this kinda sarcastically...) but I DID get to meet Johnny Young Bosch - everyone at this site I'm sure knows he's the voice actor for Vash on the anime series - yay!! Also got to listen to his band Eyeshine which was just super awesome - something about getting to hang out with all of these very cool voice actors in a tiny little convention, it didn't matter, you could go up to talk to them any time you wanted and get autographs and pictures and they were all really cool. ^_^       Now, I'm not sure I'm going to write an official con report this time because well, unlike other conventions, there were only three Trigun cosplayers the entire weekend!! And I was only one because I jumped into my Milly costume on Sunday and just happened to run into a Vash and Wolfwood there - I'd seen Wolfwood the first day - oh that reminds me, if either of you two stop by this site - please email me, I'd love to know your names! I was so much in a hurry to do everything I never asked!! >,<       Anyway, even without enough Trigun characters there in my opinion - in fact hardly anyone dressed as any character from an anime with JYB - then again there were a few - moreso there were a ton of Edward Elrics and quite a few Naruto cosplayers... Hee hee - well, of course Sasuke's voice actor Yuri Lowenthal was there and so was Tara Strong (I believe, she was a last minute addition so I never did get her name correctly) - and of course Vic Mignoga and he was just awesome (of course it was almost as if he owned the con! Heh heh, he and Caitlin Glass that is!) And I was really impressed by everyone. So there, that's my con report. ^_~ I'll probably have most of my pics posted at my cosplay.com account - there are also some really awesome pics posted at "fansview.com" - he's the nicest guy you'd meet, really great photographer, I'm really impressed by the pictures he posts on his website - so please check it out!       An interesting note - JYB's hardest like he's ever had to do is Vash's "Alkalinez..." line where he introduces himself to Wolfwood, said he had to do that a dozen times. ^_~ In other Trigun news, I WILL have translations finished soon... I hope... I haven't had a chance to work on them, and for that I really do apologize! Plus, Susan-chan and I have been working on a Dark Vash story we'll be posting online before long now as well - so keep an eye out, it may be here, or it may be on fanfiction.net. Plus - a shameless little plug, there's yet another new Trigun forum out now - first TriNut, then Maximum 7 and now Angels of Gunsmoke - that's where I got my information about the video game - I believe quite a few of you already know about this board, it's fairly popular but kinda a long load time for us dial-up users - but if you're looking for yet more information, check them out - just don't forget little ol' me!! OH! One last thing - remember those newest Trigun figurines that came out this summer? In Japan they came out as dissasembled models - I bought a couple at the convention, Zazie and Rei-Dei, they're cheaper but the same quality (just got a few extra seams once you put them together) plus there are Trigun and Gungrave calendars available for 2006 - so keep your eyes open... Plus new hard plastic Trigun keychains, and of course a Kuroneko hat - which is a must-buy... *GRINS* Plenty of stuff to keep you shopping online and at your own local convention, whereever that may be!! I'll update again soon - come back and visit! ^_^

November 11, 2005 I know... I know.... I haven't finished the translations yet... gomenasai!!! I've been too busy working on getting ready for Youmacon - tomorrow - whoot!! I'm all set, got my very pink hair, my white coat - well, if anyone's seen Immortal Rain at the bookstore, I'm going as Rain - he's a lot like Vash so I thought I'd go as him... Gasp - not a Trigun character!! Whatever will the world do without my Milly??? ^_~ Anyway, I should have lots of fun photos of me up on Cosplay.com in the coming week - just do a search for MillyT, I don't know my "number". Anyway, in the meantime, I have FINALLY put up the last two stories of Azalea's Trigun:POV Trilogy. I told her to bug me about it (and you did!) so for her belated b-day - Happy b-day Azalea!! - I've got them up! Whoot! Now... Am I forgetting anything? Hello everyone out there! If you sent me a picture or story I haven't... Oh IRS!! O_o he's written the last slice of his Gunsmoke Pizza story... Okay, gotta get that up too... *makes mental note*       PLUS - new fanart from Demon Brandon! WHOOT! Check it out, he's promising to do me some more now that he's got Photoshop. ^_~ Alright - anyone else, please email me because..."I've done a bad thing Rem, I've done a bad thing..." I've forgotten!! Yipes! Thankfully I'm back at home now, my house-sitting job is done and I will be able to get back on schedule again with updates - YAY! ^_~ Love & Peace everyone - I'll see if I can also get up more translations and the YKO scans sometime on Sunday after the convention - until then! Ciao!

November 8, 2005 Well, it's about a month late but I finally got up the Elendira VS Livio picture that I've been coloring CGI... Sheesh! Took me long enough, but it's up on the colored manga scan page now so take a look at it!       In other news, no, I haven't translated any more YKO, I worked all weekend - bleck - and then worked on my costumes with every spare moment - except for the half hour at the mall today looking at the new Trigun duds, keychains now, at HotTopic, gotta love that. ^_^ In fact they've got like 5 or six different T-shirts now, a hoody, a kuroneko hat I really should buy... the little PVC figurines, new keychains (square variety) as well as the old ones (shaped rubber)... Heh heh, I'm sure there's more in different stores too - if you can't get to a HotTopic, they've got a website (I'm plugging my fav store! Hee hee). I'm hoping to get more of the translations up soon enough.. I hope, we're now really entering holiday season and my hours at work are all over the map... *sigh* So hopefully I'll be able to keep up for you all these next few months without getting too behind!!

November 5, 2005 So after that downtime for a day and a half - in which I really apologize because I had put up the YKO update that day, only no one could get to it!! YIPES! - I felt really bad so I've gotten about half of it translated even though doing it on the computer is a pain because I have to have a scratch pad beside me and very little desk space for all the books I use... Anyway, I'll work on it here and there in my free time although probably it won't all get finished before next weekend when I get the magazine myself. I hope you'll all forgive me, at least it's not really important because there's no Vash, no Knives, no Legato! I'm going to see if Flip will allow me to post the chapter link online for everyone to see, but until then you'll have to make do. ^_~       In other news, Jillian was kind enough to supply me with a link to a picture of the prototype new Vash figurine that's supposed to be coming out next year (I mentioned this in my last update) - it looks cuter I'd say than the MacFarlane or Toytribe toys - more like the goofy Vash we know and love in the anime. ^_^ That link is on the main page - most of you have already found it already I'm sure. *GRINS*

November 1, 2005 We're almost to Christmas folks! Hard to believe the shopping season is upon us (okay, so it's been that way for crafters and such for a few months now... but we'll just pretend - because like me, I don't start shopping until oooh two days before Christmas!) Anyway, wanted to let everyone know that Jillian has a brand new webpage, she's got all of her other wonderful terrific awesome art up there! Yay!! ^_^ I'm glad to be able to link to her really great stuff and I hope she's got a lot more of it to show us in the near future!       In other news... YKO!! WHOOT!! Only, I CAN'T take credit for the information this time because Flipster sent me the terrific chapter someone scanned for him in Japan! That's a way to get us the information ASAP - only, the chapter is like really short, only 18 pages! I haven't gotten an update on it yet because I've got to go through each of the scanned pages which takes more time to describe than when I have the book right in front of me. But under the circumstances you'll get it faster since I'll be able to do the update this weekend (I hope) before I have Youmacon next weekend when I'll probably get it in the mail! So keep your eyes peeled! Updates very very soon!       The last bit of news is something I read in Anime Insider - first off - Trigun 2 - is there a possiblity for a second series?? Also, there are some American companies gobbling up the rights to make anime toys here in the USA (okay, IF you live here in the USA, I know quite a few of you don't!) But anyway, there ARE plans in the works to make Trigun figures here!! Vash, Wolfwood and Knives were the names mentioned - Knives people!! I know I know, no Milly or Meryl mentioned - but providing they go over well enough, we can press the companies to make the rest! GHGs! Other characters, wouldn't that be fantastic?? ^_^ ALSO: Geneon will be releasing special edition DVD sets with the ORIGINAL openings for each episode!! (I've seen pictures of them but they're pretty hard to find normally) Apparently each episode had specific openings that Nightow helped out with. First half of the series to be released Nov. 22, the second half Jan. 17, 2006. Just another bit of news to keep you drooling - the future of Trigun Maximum is VERY bright!!

October 27, 2005 Howdy everyone!! In the spirit of trying to get everything done on my day off... with time to spare that I was going to use to show pictures of my costume (I left my USB cord at the other house! ARG!) I ended up having spare time to FINALLY get some pictures up!! So for the people who have submitted artwork - they're up! Mind you there aren't any thumbnails... But check out the guest art page for four or five drawings by Jillian - a special gift art from Mi-chan - a new colored scan by Jillian and one by Jenette which I put in the colored manga page but it's kinda a unique piece of artwork on its own! ^_^ Check it all out!       Not to be forgetting anyone (if I haven't gotten your artwork up and you sent it recently, please email me and let me know, I may have lost it with all this craziness!) I've also got two more stories from Azalea to put up as well - don't worry, I haven't forgotten you my friend! Still on my list to do! ^_~

October 26, 2005 Maaan! I haven't updated this site in awhile (okay, sans the crazy rambling about the movie in which I still don't have any new details on that or the video game, but I promise you if I find out more it'll be posted ASAP!) So I feel pretty guilty because I have some really great gals waiting for their pictures to be put up! But they're all at home and I'm still house sitting! *SOB* In the meantime, I hope you'll forgive me for it because I've been so busy trying to get ready for Youmacon (in Troy, MI) and getting my cosplay outfits ready and just preparing in general for the winter - of course, you can't do much when you're not at home more than a few hours every couple days!! Chores... I still have chores to do when I'm home!! *ARG!*       Ano, the good thing about all of this nutso craziness is that I was paid enough to buy a digital camera in which I'm going to post some pictures of the madhouse called my room... I miss my room *sniff sniff* HEH HEH HEH As you can see I've got a couple of nice Vashy pictures up, a sharp eye will spot you the new action figures as well as some of the older ones - a couple pieces of fanart I've done, some mural work, unicorns, my silly laptop I was loading the camera program on, plus oh yes - there IS a sword there (I've got six or seven in total) - my gigantic CD collection (the right side is all soundtracks anime/movie/tv) you don't even see the three bookshelves where I keep all my manga! O_o I'm a clutter hound, that's all there is to it - but it's all organized - whoot! Alright... Now that I've bored you all with a look into my life - I'm out of here!! See you soon... I know YKO will be in... Goodness, two weeks!

October 21, 2005 GOOD GRAVY THERE'S A TRIGUN MOVIE ON THE HORIZON!!!!! I kid you not, AnimeNation just posted this blurb: Madhouse Studios founder and president Masao Maruyama has revealed that Madhouse has plans to produce a Trigun anime feature film for release "in a couple of years." The announcement is reported in the UK anime magazine Neo Magazine and the November issue of Anime Insider Magazine. Sweet bejeebers my friends!!! We've got Trigun movie goodness promised to us!! WHOOT!!! Thank you everyone who dropped me a letter to tell me about this (Jillian & Tony-kun!!) Love & Peace, more news as it comes available!

October 13, 2005 Hello everyone!! Sorry for such a long gap there between updates! I finally got the YKO chapter completely translated, lucky for us the most interesting stuff was already in the early translating I did right away last weekend. There is a very cool description of Vash, the first one that actually says his eyes are BLUE... YUP, I didn't mis-read it, I double checked the translation, blond hair and blue eyes. Huh. You're regular ol' American boy... Only, in a Japanese comic... No wonder we like him so much! *GRINS* AND... I've got scans up on the manga page!! (If you've emailed me in the past you know the link, if not email me now! ^_~)       In other news I've got new fan art and new CGI manga scans to put up so watch for those today (tonight, this weekend, etc.) Our newest fan art is coming from a gal named Jillian (Hi Jillian!!) and even though the artwork is a bit of her older stuff (two years or so ago) it's REALLY awesome!! PLUS, she's been gracious enough to help me with CGI manga, so from now the brand new scans I'll be putting up on this page and the YKO page will be colored - yay!! ^_^ She's done two whole pages as well as one with Wolfwood's death scene I'm going to try to get up tonight - yay!! The other special artist is Zach, aka Stripper Vash! HIYA Zach! He did a great one of Vash in the first round against Knives, I'll be getting that one up ASAP as well. ^_^      In other news - exciting stuff here, comes from my pal Darius the Hurricane, aka Vincent the Legend - hiya Tommy! He's going to be supplying me info about the upcoming VIDEO GAME. YES! The Planet Gunsmoke! It's really in production now - supposedly, now, at this early date don't quote me on anything, but it's going to be for XBox360 and be an MMORPG where you can set up your own characters, form gangs, or little communities, and even be able to run into Vash and the crew from time to time - also maybe even get to witness the Fifth Moon Incident a few months after the release... Mind you, this is all the news I have from now, and quite possibly nothing more than rumors - but it's something! After three years of waiting for more than just that trailer, apparently they're finally working on it! YAY! (Just a pity it might be on XBox... bleck, I like my PS2 better...) Alright everyone, happy trails and I'll be back with more new stuff next week!

October 6&7, 2005 YKO YKO YKO!!! WHOOT!! Early even!! OOOH MY GOSH!!! Vash... he's... he's... Well goodness, look for yourself folks - this is the darn near closest we've ever seen Vash look like... Well, DARK Vash!! O_o Translations are coming as fast as I can do them - unfortunately I have to work all weekend but I've got about half of them done now and the rest I'm doing in every spare moment I can find! There will be scans available if you email me (or catch me online like some people did yesterday!) as usual. (I'm such a stinker)       In other news... Azalea's story is now completely up, she has two short stories that complete the trilogy that I'll work on getting up in the next few weeks, but with everything going on right now, I hope that's enough to hold you for now!! Yay!! ^_^

October 4,2005 New fanart!! New fanart!! Getcher new fanart!! Susan-chan's been holding onto some of these drawings for a few months now as she waited for the end of her story to be completed. So check them out in the B&GFanart page - colored pencil, inking, even watercolors! She's a multi-talented artist!! And Rinnah is just beautiful in all of these pages!       Of course - for those of you who aren't into the fanfiction on this site, if you're into doujins check out my deviantArt account and check out the one-shot I did of Milly and Meryl. ^_^ It'll give you a chuckle at least!! At least while we're waiting patiently for the new YKO to come out!! GET HERE NOW!! LOL Okay, so not that patiently!! XD       In the meantime - check out Maximum 7 - you'll have to register to get their scanalations - but they're pretty good. I'd tried doing translations for them but their translator beat me to the punch and well... Okay, I first thought I really sucked, then I looked at his and well, his wasn't great either... So I guess that goes to show you how hard it is to translate!! See you soon!

September 29,2005 BLACKFIRE AND GUNSMOKE!! CHAPTER 35!!! WHOO HOOO!!! And the story has finally come to an end after a very wonderful and terrific run of nearly two years!! There's still an epilogue doujinshi to come however - so keep your eyes peeled! And if you haven't read B&G there's been a lot you were missing!! TONS! But don't worry - in case you weren't one of the readers of Deleria's "Double Helix" a few years ago, and would like to get in on the ground floor of a NEW fanfiction - and love Dark Vash - come on back, Susan and I are going to be pouring our time and energy into a brand new story called "Dark Convergence!" It may be posted on ff.net, but then again, I may keep it right here for all of our special visitors - YOU! ^_^       In other news - artwork wise I've been putting a few extras up on my deviantart account - so if you like my artwork (heh, I'm always surprised when people say they do!) then check it out. What else? The YKO for November is out in Japan now, Hellsing on the cover - a special long manga just for Hellsing's OVA release coming in December... No worries, TriMax is in there - I'm expecting it, probably not the first week of Oct. but probably the second Fri/Sat, so keep an eye out for it! What else? Been talking with a few different TriMax fans lately, cosplayers and artists - so I want to give a yell out to all the chatters!! HEY GUYS! You know who you are - if you don't know, my AIM is Whatcher R - these last few months the night I get YKO I get online to give updates directly to people online - however, last month, no one was on! ^_~ Oh - and soon I'm going to be going back and fixing some of my translations... heh heh - I was looking through some of my earliest ones and realizing how just plain crappy they were!! Yipes! OH YES - SUMIRE! Hey everyone, those who started going to "Little Light Bulb for Your Soul" would know Sumire's been gone for a long time - so I wanted to send a hello to her if she stops by and say we all missed her translations because goodness knows they were MUCH better than mine! ^_^

September 27,2005 Fanart! Fanart!! *YEEEHAA!!* Okay, so I get to toot my own personal horn today *toot toot* because I've just put up some new CGI fanart... Two, two for the price of one! Plus I think I've fixed the rest of the silly gallery - sheesh, can't tell you how much trouble that thing gives me!! There's already more artwork coming - hopefully you'll all stay tuned, I'm dropping back from doing as much other random characters and getting back to... you know, VASH! *GRINS* He's just soooo darn dreamy... *cough cough* Ahem, plus there'll be a doujinshi coming as well, so watch for that! YAY! ^_^

September 25,2005 Yay for Gazelle the Peacemaker!! Heh heh - as IF he were actually a "peacemaker" with that gun of his!! But we'll pretend right? ^_^ I ended up getting the repaint of the action figure last night when I was down at UofM's Animania showing - Wizzywigs rocks my sox! *GRINS* But I didn't get it there - I got it at a little place called "Vault of Midnight" - I really have to thank that guy, he's supplied me nearly all of my Trigun stuff until more recently, and then once in awhile I find new stuff there that he sells for really good prices - like Gazelle, so I'm very grateful! I love the repaint of Gazelle since he looks so much like Livio. I just wish there'd be an explanation for him. Anyone knows it, please let me know!! I know some of you out there get to conventions where Nightow is, talk to people who might know him - heck, most of my information on this site comes from sources, not just my own wanderings online - so if you know - I want to hear from you!! Ricki       Okay, enough of my begging. I feel a bit out of it because I don't know all the Trigun fans out there yet - and I WANT to know more!! Call me a collector. *grins*       Other than that - B&G Ch. 35 is in its final editing - in fact, it's open in another window right now, waiting for me to finish it - but the TV behind me is up too loud... *sigh* Sharing a room sucks sometimes. I'm almost finished with my newest CGI pic of the gang too - so keep an eye out for it!! Yay! ^_^

September 21,2005 Update update!! New Fan-art today. ^_^ On the guest-fanart site, Mi-Chan shared with me a picture of Tessla she drew! ^_^ She's even so cool as to put the dates of poor Tessla's birth and death *sob* Poor little Tess!!

September 19,2005 Howdy everyone!! New chapters up for Azalea's "Insurance Girls Tell All", plus you may have noticed some of the links moving around on the site. I'm hoping that everything is a little bit clearer and the more popular links are moved higher on the page for easier access. Does it load fast enough for everyone who has just dial-up? I know most of you probably have DSL or a cable connection - lucky you!! For the rest of us with molassas slow connections... I hope it loads quick enough!! ^_^ I can't even tell you all how much I need a faster connection... Just so lazy... ^_~ And um, cheap!! *laughs* Anyway, I hope you like Azalea's story, there's one more part to come! And in other news, Susan-chan's sick, so B&G is going to be a bit later - I hope you're all on the edge of your seats!! Love & Peace!

September 17,2005 If you didn't know it already (sorry I haven't updated this page in awhile) the YKO chapter has been completely translated and ready for your perusal. I couldn't believe how short the chapter was! Usually it takes me half the month to finish translating it, so normally I have more to update around here... Since I haven't, I've been a wee bit bored and ended up getting a deviantart account - due to the fact that I have drawings that aren't all just Trigun *gasp* so if you're interested in seeing something I've done that's not Trigun *gasp* - check it out. ^_^ Milly T @ Deviantart.com. Also, if you're a fan of 4-panel comics, check out this guy's work: RY-Kusanagi's Trigun Komas       Coming up this week however - more of the Insurance Girls Tell All by Azalea... What do you all think of it so far? Is it a keeper? ^_~ Keep on reading, it only gets better from here!! Also I'm urging Susan-chan to get the last chapter of B&G up in the next week or two! It's getting there!! PLUS... New artwork coming from yours truly very soon, I've got a very cool pic I'm working on coloring as we speak called "The Photo Booth" - cram Vash, Wolfwood, Milly and Meryl in a photo booth... And hilarity insues!! ^_^ Love & Peace Everyone - see you soon!

September 10,2005 IT'S HERE!!! VASH IS O-K-A-Y!!! ^_^ YAY!!!! YKO is a very short chapter this time around, only 20 pages, three are the landing team, half of the rest is Legato and Vash, the other half Livio and Elendira - I haven't a clue what Knives is doing... Hmmmm! But stay tuned... updates coming shortly, and hopefully the start of the translations tomorrow since I have the day off to work on it! YAY! ^_^       In the meantime... whilst you're waiting, I did colorations (love CGI now even if I don't have the "realism" thing down yet... what's anime for if you can't ignore reality anyway??) and finished a beautiful gorgeous piece of Rinnah Blackfire! ^_^ It's up on my Fanart Page. I'm considering putting up "originals" on there soon too - just because I've been doing some of that as of late - or other characters from other series as well, thought you might all be interested... if not, then just don't look! *GRINS* Please look anyway... I don't make any money at it - but you know, if you like what you see you could always say "hey, you should sell these at conventions!" Then maybe I'd do that... ^_~ Alright - I'll keep you all posted! Ja ne!

September 6,2005 Had to split all of these updates between two days! ^_^ NEW STUFF!!! First off, I'd like to introduce our brand new author to RTAP, Azalea!! Her trilogy of stories begins with a piece she calls "The Insurance Girls Tell All", it takes place after the anime in her own take on how the series would have ended. If you like Milly & Meryl, and some good romance with your favorite couples - then this story is for you! Stay tuned - there's a lot more to come, this trilogy is about as long as the Meeting Mom AU. ^_^ If you like it, if you don't, drop me a line and I'd love to tell Azalea what you think of it! ^_^       NEXT - Yet another sweet and adorable piece by Catherine-chan! "Lollypops" is another AU that Catherine is famous for - cutsy whootsy Millsy on her 13th birthday - who will she meet? ^_^ I just adore these stories so please read them, I'm sure you'll find yourself crazy about them too! Like individual snack pudding cups!       LASTLY - but of course never leastly, IRS (aka Ian) has graced us with his story-telling prowess yet again by submitting another B&G extra! "Gunsmoke Pizza" is a three parter that's partially B&G, partially Cowboy Bebop's "Mushroom Samba" with a twist! There are so many cultural/movie references in the first two parts (there's a third coming I'm told!) that I doubt you'll catch them all - but you can sure try! ^_^       Whew! Is that all that I've got to put up today? O_o I thought I'd never get it all up for you all! And hopefully you'll find a little something for everyone. At least until I get the latest issure of YKO... *crossing fingers* I'm hoping it'll show up this week! Hey - here's something going around the rumor mill, (don't take my word for these mind you, I'm only hypothesizing here) you know how Hellsing is getting an OAV? (I've heard it's about Young Walter - what happened in the past before Integra took over Hellsing) Well, I'm starting to wonder, well, Trigun's had even more happen to it and with the rising popularity of the series here in the USA (much more than there was in Japan) - wouldn't it be nice if they made an OAV or even another series? Okay, we've ALL been thinking about that for awhile... But here's the thing - if the Hellsing OAV is a reality... Aren't we that much closer to a Trigun? Well, that's just a theory of mine... But of course I had that video game theory too and that's never come to pass. *sigh* Ah well, we'll keep dreaming and buying Trigun stuff right, until it happens, right? *GRINS* Love & Peace everyone!

September 5,2005 Thanks to more interested parties, I'm finally getting up chapters that have been translated on my site (starting with the first one I did with help!) The link to Ch. 79 is available on the main page, however, they're up only for a limited run! (Never know who may be watching! >,<) Mind you these scans are un-scanlated, eventually Maximum T will get up to that point, but for now you'll just have to swap between translations and the manga. This chapter begins the "great showdown" between Knives and Vash - whoo hoo!! ^_~       Next important update - BLACKFIRE & GUNSMOKE CHAPTER 34!! YAY!! Up today! Whoo hoo!! Only one more chapter to go folks!! Are you all excited or what?! ^_^ I've even got a special one from IRS that's going up as a B&G Extra - so keep an eye out for that! Yay! And Azalea's promised me all three of the stories in her trilogy - so keep an eye out on the main page for her stories!       There's more new stuff to come this week... Between tonight and tomorrow - promise! TONS of stories... Keep you reading for awhile. Have to make sure I balance it out with pictures however, trying to make sure this site caters to all sides. So what do you think, am I managing okay? ^_^ I'd imagine I am since we're almost up to 12,000 hits!! Danke danke!!

September 3,2005 Helloooo everybody!! ^_^ Guess who's done a colored manga scan for me? Khaamar! Thank you thank you Khaa!! I'm so happy!! Check out the page to see it for yourself, she was ever so kind to do this one by request and it only took her a day! I think I'm going to be swinging a few more soon too from various people, depending on if I can beg them to give me more! *grins* Everyone who visits this site is just so nice to me! Lots of new information coming from various sources, lots of pictures, stories, artwork and more!! ^_^       On tap for the first whole week of September: B&G Ch. 34, the first part of a story called "The Insurance Girls Tell All" by Azalea - at least one short from Catherine-chan to add to the TGDTR page... Let's see... Okay, and, if we're really lucky, at the end of the week, the new YKO... If not, the end of the next - whoo hoo!!       AND... Going around currently in the rumor mill, is that one of the twins isn't going to make it through the end of TriMax! >_< Now, I had heard from a fairly reputable source that neither brother would die, but now I'm hearing a different story from an also very reliable source... EEEK!! Conflicting rumors!! *GRINS* Wait a second... "The rumors don't match..." As Meryl would say... Darn, hopefully we can get to the bottom of this!! (Betcha Nightow's doing this on purpose!!) I'll keep you updated on details as they come available! See you soon!

August 31,2005 Howdy howdy!! Just a few little mentions tonight - heard (thanks to Brandon! Yay!) that there's a Gazelle the Peacemaker repaint out right now. Just more fun with Trigun figurines - yay!! ^_^       Other general ramblings include... New CGI pics on the manga scan page. YEAH!! I love my CGI pics. Getting really good at them - plus I redesigned the entire page so now it's faster loading with smaller thumbnails - and lots of larger pics that you can use for desktops or print-outs for your walls! ^_^       Meanwhile, whilst I'm waiting for the new YKO to come (it's already out in Japan... Just patiently waiting for my copy!) I've been working on two new cosplay costumes - I'm horrible... I've been looking through all of these cosplay photos lately really wanting to make some new ones to just be out there and awesome! Well, I'm trying anyway. First costume is from Immortal Rain (Meteor Methuselah) - Rain Jewlitt. First time I've tried cross-playing. Second one is the Trigun Maximum Milly outfit! Yay! I'm not going to do it for awhile, because it'll mean I'll have to cut my pretty long hair!! But I'm preparing myself for it by May next year for Anime Central. ^_^ Life is good. Hopefully I'll be able to make up a cosplay group of other Maximum characters... Should be much fun-ness. ^_~ Okay - enough with the smilies! I'll have more info for you soon!

August 23,2005 New stuff new stuff - YAY!!! ^_^ Check it out - new fanfiction!!! YAY!!! "Pain Reality" by DragonL0rd. The kind DL has graced us with some new stuff! An "alternative manga ending" as she puts it (apparently she entered it into a contest?) and it's really dark but uber awesome!! I'm sorry I didn't get it up sooner!! Just something short and nifty. She beat me to the punch though - I've been thinking about writing one of these for awhile, but DL is faster! The manga of course is still up in the air to how it will eventually end, but I can tell someone has been reading my updates! Hee hee. I dated the day she sent it to me... You know, in case she gets it right and that way has bragging rights to reading Nightow's mind! *GRINS* Enjoy everyone!

August 19,2005 So much NEWNESS it's just popping out my ears today!! LOOK!! A DARK VASH version!!! Susan-chan promptly told me about it first thing this morning so I've got IT on order now too! *heh heh* That one's coming from Florida so it may not take as long as the others... Oooh so exciting!! (www.animenation.com if you want to find it!) It's the perfect way to intro.... Blackfire & Gunsmoke Ch. 33!!! WHOO HOOOO!!! (It's early in the morning, can you believe I'm this nuts??)It's up it's up!! Finally I'm getting it up!!! ^_~       I've got more things coming this week (when I stop prancing around like a ninny.... ^_~) namely DragonL0rd has written a short story I'm going to be putting in the fanart/fanfiction section, it's REALLY good, takes place after the manga ends. I think a lot of people are hypothesizing now that it's getting closer (although, in a few months or a year, we don't know!) Even I have been drawing up my own ending conclusions and writing "after stories" but none of them are ready to put up yet, just my own thoughts. (and people wonder why I don't have a live journal... I have this page! ^_~) PLUS I've got some more colored manga pages to go up soon - sometime next week when I've got more time. ^_^ Ja ne!

August 18,2005 They came!! They came !! WHOO HOOO!!! ^_^ I got my Wolfwood, Vash and Legato figures today in the mail!! (Okay, by UPS... does make a difference - thank you big brown!!) They're the biggest figures I've collected so far that aren't poseable, and the Vash and Wolfwood connect together to form a pose from TM#6 - of course you ALL have TM#6 now RIGHT? ^_~ Legato's got a whole different pose going on for him (he stands nearly 6 inches high) and of all three I think Leggie's my favorite (GASP) - although Wolfwood's eyes are blue - Vash bothers me because he has the TriMax coat from #6, but doesn't have black hair!! (Guess he didn't put the hole in the fifth moon... But mine will probably be forced outside tonight... BWAHAHA - sorry, he'll have to go through hair-darkening 'cause I LIKE him better that way!!) I wonder if anyone else will bother doing that to theirs? Let me know if you do! ^_~       In other news, if you hadn't figured it out yet, the YKO Ch. 86 chapter is completely finished. I'm actually starting to work on the last chapter of TM#11 at the moment in order to see what's going on between Livio and Elendira during the first fight. FYI - Elendira claims to be the original Gung-ho Gun!! (And the "best" she claims - okay he/she whatever! ^_~) There's also more to the whole Livio/Jasmine connection... But I won't spoil it for people... Although I've realized just lately that people occasionally avoid this site of mine precisely because of the spoilers... Hmmm. If anyone knows someone like that, you think I should make more notes on spoilers?? I've posted some warnings now... I've just grown so used to knowing everything that's been going on, nothing is a spoiler for me anymore!! *grins* If anyone would like warnings let me know and I'll do my best to help you enjoy this website better!! Until then - go, buy buy! Lots of good stuff just came out!! Whoo hooo!! Or read read away!!

August 16,2005 Translations are ALMOST finished! Two pages left to go! Read away! ^_^ Also updated the previous chapter because I'd made some mistakes in translating (there are still probably a few more I'll need to get ironed out if they're ever used for scanlations) but otherwise I'm quite happy with how it's coming! I hope you are too!       In other news I've moved all of the Trigun Maximum Scans to my other page so I can actually start putting more of them up. I know you've all been really patient for this since I've been talking about it for years now, but I'm actually starting to do it now! Everything that will go up (besides the small pics on my ramblings pages) will be in color, whether watercolors, colored pencil, CGI... Etc. ALSO if anyone would like me to host their colored manga pages (I know a few of you are now coloring them too - Khaamar and Flipster-kun) I'd be more than willing! Just send me the full version, a thumbnail, and a description if you have one (like what program you used, time it took, any other notes on why you colored the page - the page will eventually consist of thumbnails and descriptions)- and I'll get them up too! ^_^ Since the page is on my sister site I'll be able to handle it now! ^_^ (although please, file sizes no larger than 300kb.. My computer can't handle much bigger ><;) Lots more to come - keep checking back! ^_^

August 15,2005 Slowly getting the translations done - sorry it's taking so long!! I got both TM#6 and the newest chapter at the same time so I've been updating the chapter list, plus adding more information in "Manga VS Anime" in order to include more accurate information about the "Eye of Michael" and Knives' various worshippers. Plus a bit more about Livio. (Also if you've been reading about him much on this site you'll realize I changed how I spell his name - I've been spelling it wrong on this site - and teaching others the incorrect way! Oops! - but I'm hoping to make amends for it.)       I updated the Manga scan page today! WHOO HOO! All new CGI colored Trigun Maximum scans!! ^_^ In the past I've tinkered back and forth about whether to put these up online or not and finally decided it would be okay providing I only post pictures I have colored - so they're kinda mine, but ALL Nightow. If you would like to use the colored pictures, please drop me a line before you do!! Livio was my newest one (it's posted on that page too) even though it's not completely colored as others have been...

August 12,2005 TRIGUN MAXIMUM CHAPTER 86!! YKO is here and it's Vash VS Legato and Livio VS Elendira!!! OOoh no!! Vash is in REAL trouble this time!!!! AAAH!!! O_O Livio seems to be holding his own however... Pictures will pop up here soon, I have a few I would like to CGI very soon. ^_^       Anyway - I also wanted to let everyone know that the Trigun Maximum Figurines that I've been talking about around here for months and months now have finally reached American shores! Whooo hoo! I got a message from "animegamersusa.com" that my figures were ready to ship so if you're looking for them be aware I have a feeling they'll sell out pretty quick!! ^_^ Also Trigun Maximum #6 has been popping up, already a few of my friends have it, although it hasn't reached Michigan yet I'm waiting patiently for my copy! Kinda like waiting for a typhoon, ne? ^_~ Keep a watch here the next few days for more updates!       In other news I finally got a cosplay.com account so if you're looking for more pictures from Acen 2005 I'm slowly getting them up there - and my cosplay name? MillyT of course! ^_^ I'm actually going to start on a new costume for this fall - got the material and pattern and just need to sit down and get it done - just so's ya don't all think I'm only a Milly T fan. ^_~

August 6,2005 Sorry I haven't updated in awhile! I thought for sure my YKO would show up today - but no such luck!! T_T So if you're one of the "regulars" you're safe not to check back until next Friday now for an update. However - if you're looking for Trigun stuff TriMax #6 is out now! YAY!!! Of course, Borders is being silly and they don't have it listed yet even though they have #7 out... O_o Weird. If you're in the reading mood, the next chapter of B&G will be up sometime in the middle of this week... Maybe some more drawings too... I've had a cold this last week so I've been pretty out of it, sorry about slacking in my duties!! I promise to have something really cool to come back to really soon. ^_^ Ai to Heiwa!

July 30,2005 Hello everyone! Haven't been on much lately - I'm really sorry! ^_^; New updates for you today!!! Simplicity Ch. 9, Catherine's worked overtime on this one and oooh BDN!!! Nothing like a visit from Brilliant Dynamites Neon!! ^_~ Plus, in honor of the new chapter of Simplicity, there's a new pic in my fanart page, Milly and Wolfwood. ^_^ CGI goodness! Yay!! Susan's been working her little tushy off as well to get B&G 33 ready - we're almost to the end of this series - and I'm not kidding this time, only two more chapters left and then there will also be the special doujinshi extra!! Yay!! I've been waiting since last November to put it up for everyone! I'm sure you'll all like it! Keep watching back - updates for Trigun Maximum #6, updated chapters should be coming by next week plus more TM translations in a couple more weeks... Actually it may be next Friday - keep your fingers crossed!! ^_~ Love & Peace out!

July 26,2005 *TRUMPETS* "Blackfire & Gunsmoke Ch. 32!!!" It's up! It's ready for you to read! Go do it!!! *GRINS*       For the uninitiated (I got that line from the TVGuide - sounds high-falutin' no?) - I've heard that the Trigun Maximum figures have a new release date in August so keep an eye out for them at your favorite anime store - around about the time TM#6 is released!! Wish I had more to talk about... HMMMM. Nope - guess not! Enjoy your read and come back soon for pictures - there ARE going to be more drawings coming very soon! ^_^

July 22,2005 I've been feeling really bad about not updating anything this last week. (Thus the front page of Vash feeling all sorry for himself *GRINS*) I just haven't had anything to talk about!! At least... I was supposed to... But I forgot! EEEK!!! Catherine's Milly stories!! You may have read them on ff.net but I always get special permission to put them on my site as well - so check them out! "Misperception" and "Dance & Hurt My Feet" - they're both in the Milly Collection, "That Girl Doesn't Think Right". Both are short stories and worth a little chuckle and grin! Especially Dance!!       Susan's B&G Ch. 32 is going through the final editing... plus all of that Susan's been busy drawing more pictures for the end of B&G - it's getting closer!! As for me, I've been lazy lately - something about all of the summer reading lists - Harry Potter 6 for example. *GRINS* Sorry I don't have any news in the Trigun world either - TM#6 should be coming out at the beginning of August... And did you remember LOST JULY yesterday? *sob* I was reminded by Susan-chan... Oi! All of those poor people!! Stay tuned - more stories coming and of course... Lots of fun Trigun stuff in August!! ^_^

July 12,2005 Done!!! Only a couple days and I'm done translating Ch. 85! I'm getting faster... Although I still feel incredibly slow in comparison to a few of the people I've just met recently *sob* But I will continue on doing this for everyone because for 1. I'll learn, 2. Eventually it'll come out and we'll know if I was right or not, and 3. I've always been inspired by my friends online not to quit!! Besides, I made a promise I would keep doing this myself until the series ends - and that's exactly what I'm going to do! So as long as you all are willing to keep reading my page to see what's going on, then I'll keep doing my best! ^_^ I have to send a very warm thank you to everyone!! You all are my dearest friends and I appreciate all of your letters and visits!!       All the warm gushing (and bone-crushing embarassment) aside - I wanted to tell you some news I just found out... The first run of the TriMax figures was sold out - in Japan!! O_o They must not have thought that they'd go over so well!! *giggles* Silly toy company, not planning on the fans of Trigun!! I've got them on order - but who knows for sure when they'll be available? I'll keep you all updated!       In other news, since I was so busy translating I haven't been able to get up Catherine's two new stories - gonna try to get them up tomorrow! So keep an eye out for links on the main page and Milly's "That Girl Don't Think Right" page!! Thanks again everyone for stopping by!!

July 10,2005 Surprise Surprise I got YKO early!! WHOO HOOO!! What do you think? Is Legato sexy in black leather pants or what?? The moment I got this month's magazine I had to scan this chapter splash and play around with coloring it. Do you like? It's just a goofy little thing - and I haven't a clue why I picked yellow for the background, but I suppose I've been in the yellow-mellow mood today!! ^_^      YKO update is up!! Partial translation and everything! I have a few more pages to go but even though I just got it, thankfully it hit on a day off so I have most of it there for you to peruse. There's a bit more conversation of Legato talking to Vash that I have yet to put in there but you'll get most of the point... Truthfully, Legato's not allowed to kill Vash.... I think that's what it all boils down to. But where do Legato's loyalties lie? Really? This chapter starts to raise some major questions when it comes to Bluesummers... Read it for yourself and find out!! ^_^      For those who want other updates of various natures... Susan's on vacation for the weekend. The next chapter of B&G is in the works. ALSO.... Catherine's newest TGDTR story is in its final editing stages!! I'm getting the beta back to her this evening which means by next weekend we should have a few more Milly-esque stories for you to read! ^_^ Come on, everyone loves Milly!! (heh heh - okay, 'cept for you die hard yaoi-ists) In other news... A few more chapters to go for my Milly&Vash story - keep an eye on ff.net. ^_^      In the "STUFF" category - keep an eye out for TM#6 at the end of this month, the beginning of August. For those who can't wait - the Scalations are still being posted on MaximumT - we're up to TM7, Ch. 3. For must have DVDS... Gungrave #6, July 19th. Samurai Champloo #4 - July 26. Support your favorite series - make sure you buy the books and DVDs!!! The more you buy the more we'll get over here in the USA!! ^_^ Love & Peace OUT!

July 7,2005 *Trumpets* Blackfire & Gunsmoke Chapter 31 is now UP!!! ^_^ Excited excited are you? Heh heh - read away!! Susan-chan's working dilligently at getting everyone into their places for the climax of this story... Soon - very soon!! Maybe even before this summer is at an end... And of course there's a surprise awaiting the end of this series that's run over a year and a half!! ^_^       In other news... Well, there isn't much really... Only Catherine-chan is working on Simplicity again (yay!!) and if you're following my Milly & Vash story on ff.net (called "One Day at a Time") the next chapter of that will be coming soon too. ^_^ Have a great week everyone! Keep an eye out - next week YKO should be on its way!!

July 3,2005 Domo minna!! Today's updates are kinda few - just a new picture by yours truly with Wolfwood and Vash - I just finished it this afternoon - colored pencil is certainly a tricky medium! I wish it scanned clearer *sob* - but you get the idea!       I also want to thank EVERYONE for 10,000 hits!!! WOW!!! It happened just around our two year anniversary - thanks to everyone who has been here from the beginning and everyone who's just stopping by recently! YOU ROCK!!! ^_^ I have a new drawing that's coming for this anniversary but I got side-tracked with this other one. ^_~ Keep an eye out for it!       Things to look out for this month: Maximum T forum - I'm helping with a few of the translations for TM7 right now, the forum is releasing a chapter every week - Saturday night or Sunday morning - they have the first two chapters up right now and I just went over ch. 3 adding sound effects translations. Nothing like good old fashioned scanlations - get them while they're up because as soon as the books are released in English - buh bye!! Also to look out for B&G Ch. 31... There was a delay due to the 4th of July. ^_^ Happy Independance Day everyone in the USA!! Also keep an eye out for the August YKO update - probably sometime after July 15 unless by some miracle it arrives early. ^_~ And of course - more chapters, more drawings, maybe even something from Catherine-chan for all the Milly fans out there? (*wink wink*)       Also... For those of you interested in getting your hot little hands on the newest Trigun Maximum figurines - order the whole set from Treasure Island Sports, or order each single from Anime Gamers!! I wish I had the links handy but I don't at the moment.. They're kinda costly - singles at AG are $13.99, and a whole set from TISports is just shy of $100. O_o But they're a gotta have - right?! ^_^ Have a great week everyone!

June 29,2005 Welcome back everyone! So you've checked out the newest YKO update, you've looked through all of the manga summaries and translations on Sumire's site... But you STILL want more right? Check out the Maximum T Forums (link on the main page) - I said I'm personally too lazy to host a forum (and I still am) but if you're looking to get in on the ground floor and looking for Scanlations - that's the place to go! I'm not sure how much help I'm going to be to them but they've asked me to help with translations so if I'm a bit lax on getting updates you'll know that they got me working for them. ^_~       Meanwhile, shameless plugs aside... *GRINS* Today's updates include a couple new pictures - the cute little Milly T. avatar I just fiddled with, a new Nicholas D. Wolfwood screencap on the main page, plus a new CGI piece by yours truly - Vash and Rem. Not my best work ^_^; but it was cute enough to show everyone! I'm currently working on a piece called "Sidekicks" with Milly, Meryl, Wolfwood and Kuronekosama - slow going, been working full time as of late *sob*.       Also new to the site tonight - ta da!! A new picture by Susan-chan, Meryl and Knives from B&G - this was a gift one of the biggest B&G fans out there right now - Heather! ^_^ I got to personally frame it up for her (since I'm a custom-framer, betcha didn't know that!) after Susan painstakingly colored it. *whew* I'm working on a colored pencil piece myself currently - and it's REALLY tough!!      Keep checking back - more new stuff on its way!

June 25,2005 Done! Done! I'm finished translating YKO Ch. 84 (July) - sorry it's taken me this long! For awhile there I thought for sure that I was going to get some help with the harder translations but I just gave up waiting so I guess everyone will have to make do with the sub par translations. ^_~ At least everyone gets the idea!! Just in time for the next chapter in a couple weeks!       In other news, Susan's been working hard - very hard - and we have more drawings for Aine of Knockaine's story - Forever Mine - (thanks Aine for your review for my own story! ^_~) And also I've got to get up a new B&G drawing she's done as well! There are a couple new ones from yours truly as well - just waiting for the BIG 10,000 mark!! ^_^ YAY!!! I can't thank everyone enough for helping me get this far! Two years ago I was just this little bitty webpage with four pictures and a couple drawings. Now look at what we've become! I have to thank everyone who has submitted stories - Susan, Catherine, Ian, Tony - and those who have submitted drawings - Susan, Mabel, DragonL0rd, Sushiy - and everyone who has stopped by and emailed me over the last few years with suggestions and ideas to keep this site growing! THANK YOU!!!! I could never have done it without all of your support!! ^_^ So keep your eyes open - I'm not done yet!! *GRINS*

June 19,2005 Here we go! Brand new page!! ^_^ Brand new artwork up today!! Happy Father's Day to every Dad and everyone who has a dad!! *smiles* So here's the run-down of what we've got going new today. Two, count 'em two, new colored pencil drawings from Susan for "Forever Mine" (that story's really got a hold of her lately!!) She's got an ink coming too I believe, don't know if she's coloring it or not. Also B&G Ch. 30 should be going up today (later on). Lemme see... I've got more translated, those will go up at the same time sometime in the evening... What else? I guess that's about it right now. Although in other news, Catherine is working on Simplicity again - YAY!!! Milly fans rejoice!! *grins*       For those of you who visit Mabel's art and may have it bookmarked, make sure to update your bookmarks - I've moved her files to my other site (just follow the link on the main page) to make room for B&G. ^_^

June 16,2005 Quickie: I really was going to make this a new page but I ran out of time! Newest additions: I managed to translate 1 1/2 pages more of the YKO - still have 4 to go... Taking more time than I thought... *grumbles* But in the meantime I put up the missing chapters from TM10 that Sumire missed so now you should have just about everything between our two sites. ^_^ Enjoy!!

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